Road-cart.



PATENTED MAY 26, 1903. H. J. MILLER.

. ROAD CART. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 3, 1900. RENEWED JAN. 13. 1903;

ATTORNEY UNITED STATES Patented May 26, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY J. MILLER, OF GOSHEN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO ARTHUR R. COA'IES AND JOSEPH S. COATES, OF GOSHEN, NEW YORK.

ROAD-CART.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 729,080, dated May 26, 1903.

Application filed January 3. 1900. Renewed January 13, 1903. Serial No. 138,828. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY J. MILLER, a citizenof the United- States, and a resident of Goshen, in the county of Orange and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Speeding or Road Carts, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates more particularly to what are known in the trade as bicycle or rubber-tired carts; and it consists in the present instance of an improved and more effectual framework for such a vehicle, the ob ject being to secure the necessary strength, while preserving the requisite lightness for such a vehicle.

' My invention consists also in the particular placing or the relative positions of the seatsupporting bar and the spring of the cart, whereby the easiness of riding is maintained and in fact improved and a better balance secured.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Figure 1 is an end elevation of my improved cart, the seat being removed. Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the seat in place. Fig. 3 is a detail rear elevation of the truss and bracket hereinafter described and claimed. Fig. 4 is a detail side view of my improved bracket. Fig. 5 is a detail plan view of the spring and the spring-support.

In the drawings, A A represent the axles or double axle of the cart, from which extend,-

curvingupwardlyand forwardly,the shafts B.

0 represents braces which extend from the shafts at a point a to the axles for strengthening the structure.

At D, I show my improved truss, formed of curved or arched pieces E F, attached at d to the shafts B. At g are metal braces extending between the upper and lower members of Separating-braces are also shown bracket H to the upper member of the truss.

Over the spring K, centrally located, is the seat S. It is supported in such a place and in such a manner that the up-and-down movement when occupied by the driver will cause it to move in a vertical plane to the rear of the truss. I thus secure all of the advantage and strength of truss and at the same time do not interfere with the comfort and convenience of the rider.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination in a road or speeding cart, of brackets supported on the shafts relatively to the axle as shown, a transverse. seat-supporting spring attached to and hung upon said brackets and located in a vertical plane to the rear of the axle, with said axle, and braces extending inwardly from the brackets at a point forward of the spring attachment and fixedly secured to the axle, as and for the purposes set forth.

HENRY J. MILLER. 

